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The St. Paul City Council unanimously passed a resolution on June 13th to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would declare that corporations are not people.
The Minneapolis City Council is expected to take up a similar measure. This is part of an effort called “Resolutions Week” where local units of government nationwide are being asked to take a position on the issue of corporate personhood and the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision.
Minnesota’s Fifth District Congressman Keith Ellison has been active in the effort to push a Constitutional amendment. He talked with KFAI’s Terry Carter on The Takeaway.

The one hundred and thirteenth Congress is now underway in Washington, and 5th district Representative Keith Ellison has a leadership position in his caucus. He will serve as Chief Deputy Whip. Representative Ellison talked with Dale Connelly on KFAI's Morning Blend.

Minnesota's 5th district Congressman, Keith Ellison, says he will judge any budget deal that comes out of the talks between Presdient Obama and House Speaker Boehner by which segement of society pays the greatest cost. "Does it make the most vulnerable and the middle class bear the weight of it, or is it shared among all income classes?", Ellison asks. The answer to that question will determine his vote. Congressman Ellison talked with Paul Brohaugh and Dale Connelly on KFAI's Morning Blend.

Michael Lapsley was born in New Zealand and went to seminary in Australia to become an Anglican priest. His life changed dramatically when he went to South Africa and took a conscientious stand against the apartheid regime, joining the struggle for liberation.

As a result he was exiled, targeted for assassination, and brutally attacked.

His response was to take up a new vocation as a wounded healer, drawing on his own experience to help other victims of violence and trauma.

Locally grown and locally sourced foods are making a real comeback, not only at co-op groceries but on chefs' menus, in public school lunches and at mainstream grocery stores.

Laurie Allmann takes us to an event called “Feast”, held in Rochester earlier this month, where a festival and trade show focused on the revival of foods with a local address and the people making it happen .